What was behind Polish president’s veto of judicial reform Bill?Controversial Bill was aimed at extending government powers over court appointmentsMon Jul 24 2017 - 18:55
Poland’s president vetoes controversial judicial billsReform laws passed by parliament triggered nationwide demonstrationsMon Jul 24 2017 - 12:20
German car stocks fall amid reports of cartel-like behaviourCollusion to fix prices of diesel-emissions systems goes back to 1990s, says ‘Der Spiegel’Fri Jul 21 2017 - 20:25
Polish judicial reforms pass amid mass demonstrationsCritics say new law increases political influence of ruling party over new judgesFri Jul 21 2017 - 19:47
Irish student wins support in legal battle over exam scriptAdvocate General tells European court that exam scripts do constitute ‘personal data’Thu Jul 20 2017 - 20:08
Polish leader accuses opponents of murder in reforms rowJaroslaw Kaczynski makes emotional intervention in judicial dispute amid EU warningWed Jul 19 2017 - 18:53
German social media law sparks protestLaw compels social media to remove abusive material within 24 hours or face €50m finesTue Jul 18 2017 - 18:05
Thousands protest in Warsaw ahead of judicial reform voteBerlin says court reform is unacceptable political ‘intervention’ in judiciary independenceMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:54
German salon gets online abuse over Syrian barberXenophobes criticise hairdresser branch over barber who cannot cut women’s hairMon Jul 17 2017 - 18:50
Other Voices rolls out its grand Irish experiment to BerlinCaoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, New Jackson, Tom Adams and Soulé among well-received actsFri Jul 14 2017 - 20:58
Inevitable death of diesel engine bodes ill for German car makersConcern for millions of jobs as VW emissions scandal turns into industry-wide meltdownFri Jul 14 2017 - 05:40
Greek loans earn €1.3bn for Germany in last 10 yearsOpposition politicians say it may be legal to earn Greek money but is morally dubiousWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:56
Irish man set for trial in Germany over IRA bomb attackJames Corry accused of involvement in 1996 assault on British army base in OsnabrückWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:36
WhatsApp messages reveal ‘Lego’ Islam extremistsAcademic study of Jihadist phone exchanges suggest little knowledge of KoranWed Jul 12 2017 - 18:19
EU partners edge towards position on Trump at G20 summitUS president isolated as G20 reiterates support for multilateral globalised tradeSun Jul 09 2017 - 20:05
G20 leaders restate opposition to protectionismTrump isolated on climate change as group issues dissenting conclusions for first timeSun Jul 09 2017 - 15:45
G20: Trump left alone against the world on climate changeMeeting ends ‘19 against 1’ on climate protections with fears of trade war on steelSat Jul 08 2017 - 18:16
Violent protests in Hamburg quelled as G20 summit reaches final dayProtesters torched cars and smashed windows before police restored orderSat Jul 08 2017 - 11:13
Martin Luther: ‘The greatest media sensation of his age’Wittenberg is spending €50m to mark the theologian’s protest 500 years agoSat Jul 08 2017 - 06:00
Angela Merkel steers choppy waters in her Hamburg home townGerman chancellor seeks to anchor a deal to hold the post-cold world order togetherSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
US and Russia disagree over G20 talks on election meddlingWhite House disputes Russian version of events during Trump-Putin meetingSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
Aid experts wary of G20’s ‘Marshall plan’ for AfricaGermany bills deal ‘trade not aid’, but analysts predict private sector exploitationSat Jul 08 2017 - 01:00
‘Robust’ first Putin-Trump meeting over interference claimsTillerson says US president pressed Russian leader over election interference claimFri Jul 07 2017 - 20:29
G20: Trump ‘honoured’ to meet Putin for first timeMerkel urges open, conciliatory talks to ‘allay fears and anxieties’ of people around worldFri Jul 07 2017 - 16:15
G20 protests: police request reinforcements after 160 officers injuredAnti-capitalist protesters set fire to cars, barricades, rubbish bins and wooden palletsFri Jul 07 2017 - 11:47
G20: Merkel warns meaningful deal may be impossibleDonald Trump to meet Vladimir Putin as summit agenda filled with global issuesFri Jul 07 2017 - 00:00
Angela Merkel meets Donald Trump ahead of G20 summitUS president demands action on North Korea and criticises Russia before Hamburg eventThu Jul 06 2017 - 18:10
Trump says future of Western civilisation is at stakeUS president uses speech in Poland to appeal for Western unity in the face of ‘dire threats’Thu Jul 06 2017 - 15:36
G20 gathering will showcase the EU’s many challengesEurope’s Future: Hamburg summit comes amid Trump chaos and Russian aggressionThu Jul 06 2017 - 01:00
China revives panda diplomacy for Angela MerkelGermany’s warm welcome for Xi Jinping comes ahead of meeting with Donald TrumpWed Jul 05 2017 - 16:30
How the last survivor of Hitler’s bunker got the better of Goebbels’ sonOnly a dirty blouse got between Johanna Ruf (88) and a meeting with the Nazi dictatorTue Jul 04 2017 - 18:58
Finland’s foreign minister urges Irish to lead EU security debateTimo Soini says post-Brexit EU can only survive if it prioritises citizens’ concernsTue Jul 04 2017 - 00:08
Eighteen dead after coach bursts into flames in BavariaGerman investigators say bus may have already caught fire before collision with lorryMon Jul 03 2017 - 15:34
Five things that the EU can do betterWhat has the EU done for us, apart from decades of peace, freedom to work, travel, trade and study across the continent? And don't forget budget air travelMon Jul 03 2017 - 10:37
Gay marriage vote shows Merkel wedded to short-termismBundestag approves same-sex marriage as chancellor appeases party conservativesMon Jul 03 2017 - 06:12
Germany’s answer to Varadkar warns on EU reform pathRising CDU star Jens Spahn wary of treaty change and hostile to open-door migrationSat Jul 01 2017 - 02:00
Crowds cheer as German politicians vote to legalise same-sex marriage‘To be honest, Frau Merkel: thanks for nothing’, opposition deputy shouts to chancellorFri Jun 30 2017 - 09:07
Angela Merkel braced for talks with Trump and ErdoganGerman chancellor says Europe determined to make a success of Paris climate agreementThu Jun 29 2017 - 18:59
Bundestag set to back same-sex marriageAngela Merkel softens opposition and promises free vote in parliamentWed Jun 28 2017 - 00:19
Berlin police sent home after ‘shameful’ night in HamburgOfficers brought in to aid G20 summit set up suspended over ‘inappropriate behaviour ’Tue Jun 27 2017 - 20:19
Schulz under fire for attack on ‘arrogant’ MerkelSPD leader accused of defensiveness as party lags chancellor’s CDU by 15 points in pollsMon Jun 26 2017 - 16:30
What can the North learn from a small German-Swiss town?Residents in enclave of Büsingen live a hybrid life, and often feel misunderstoodFri Jun 23 2017 - 01:00
Münster titles – An Irishman’s Diary on Jonathan Swift and a remarkable German libraryTue Jun 20 2017 - 00:01
Kohl family tragedy given closure as German reformer is rememberedSons accuse stepmother of shutting them out in last years of ‘unity chancellor’s’ lifeSun Jun 18 2017 - 17:03
Liberal mosque challenges conservative Islam in BerlinLawyer, women’s activist and Muslim Seyran Ates creates a new, inclusive place of prayerSat Jun 17 2017 - 01:00
Helmut Kohl: Giant of late 20th-century Europe who oversaw German unificationObituary: Helmut Kohl – Born: April 3rd, 1930. Died: June 16th, 2017Fri Jun 16 2017 - 22:09
Helmut Kohl, father of German unification, dies aged 87Country’s longest-serving postwar chancellor was driving force behind the euroFri Jun 16 2017 - 16:54
Refugees sentenced for setting fire to homeless man in BerlinOne man sentenced to almost three years in jail after attack in station on Christmas EveTue Jun 13 2017 - 15:50
Merkel will ‘defend interests’ of EU states in Brexit talksGerman chancellor welcomed as world’s ‘most important politician’ during Mexico visitSun Jun 11 2017 - 16:37
